Oh! Leonard, if you knew the effort it has been to conquer the fatal passion that consumed me, if I were to tell you of the pangs it has cost me, of the tears I have shed, of the heart-quakes endured, you would pity me." "I do, indeed, pity you," replied Leonard, "for my own sufferings have been equally severe.

But I have not been as successful as you in subduing them." "Because you have not pursued the right means, Leonard," she rejoined.
"Fix your thoughts on high; build your hopes of happiness on Heaven; strengthen your faith; and you will soon find the victory easy.

A short time ago I thought only of worldly pleasures, and was ensnared by vanity and admiration, enchained to one whom I knew to be worthless, and who pursued me only to destroy me.

Religion has preserved me from the snare, and religion will restore you to happiness.

But you must devote yourself to Heaven, not lightly, but with your whole soul.